Divini Magistri Artium Poem by Justin Reamer

This world is a painting,
With many creatures travelling through time and space,
Made by something more Divine
Than what we may ever know.
Yet, it's more than that,
From what we understand.

I sit on my porch,
And I see the sunlight shine
Upon the desk,
Illuminating a world
That is unique in the universe,
One-of-a-kind in the solar system,
And I only begin to notice it.
The sky is a bright blue,
Like the colour of my eyes,
Something I would have noticed when
I was a child,
Yet, I tend to ignore now.

The clouds are puffy shapes in the sky,
Taking on many forms
That I myself wonder,
Who is the wonderful Being that
Fabricated such beautiful puffballs,
Even though made of water vapour?
Who could have done anything so beautiful?
It reminds me of the great majesty of the universe
And of all of creation.

The wind blows and cools my face,
Giving me a warm feeling,
A smile that brings delight,
And the trees sway in the back of my porch,
As if to say,
'We feel your ponderings,
And we rejoice in your praise.'
They all have their dance,
They all have their whispers,
And I hear their voices as they tell
Their wonderful stories of how they came to be.
They have seen it all,
But they don't know where they came from,
Telling me there is something more
To all the majesty they have seen.

Below the canopy are the birds,
Songbirds, of course.
Bluebirds sing great tunes,
Cardinals dress in their regalia,
Robins feed their young with their beaks,
Blue jays are mischievous in every way,
Chickadees repeat their names over and over,
Warblers sing wonderful songs,
Sparrows diving from great heights,
Crows cawing out in the dawn,
And quails showing their lovely tails.
The birds sing,
Each with their own song to sing,
Communicating with each other,
Sharing their stories,
And telling me about their lives.
They have not been around as long as the trees,
But they have seen many things,
Yet there is something beyond them
That they themselves do not understand,
A certain majesty,
A certain beauty,
A certain order to everything around them.
I listen to them,
And I record what they tell me,
And I hear about all the wonders they have seen,
As I listen to their stories of wonder and awe.
This Something is more than what
I could have ever imagined.

Then there are the animals,
The squirrels that scamper in the trees,
The deer that walk in the forest,
The mice that run across the ground,
The rodents that reside there,
The rabbits that burrow in the ground;
They all have their wonders
And their beauties,
And they tell me their stories,
And I listen,
But their knowledge is limited as well,
And I begin to search for something more.

I learn that there is an Artist,
A Being who created the world,
Who loved it so much that He blessed it,
For He made everything I see before me,
And the Master of the Arts He is.
I ask about Him,
And they tell me,
And I find Him above me,
In all of creation,
The trees,
The sky,
The sun,
The animals,
And the birds,
And even people like me.
He is everywhere imaginable.

I then asked for the Artist,
Asking Him to explain to me
Why the world was as it was,
And He answered and took hold of my hand,
Revealing Himself to me,
Saying that the world was His creation
And He loved it with all of His heart.
He also wanted to tell me that He loved me,
Because I was His,
And I would always be so.
He wanted me to know that I was
His masterpiece
Just as the rest of the creation was.
He was the thing the
Trees did not know,
The birds did not know,
The animals did not know,
And what many people had forgotten.
He was the Creator,
The Artist of the Sky,
And He loved His people,
Despite their ignorance.

He wanted me to know that He loved me,
And He wanted me to give my life to Him,
So that people may know who He is,
And to share that compassion with everyone
Around me,
All of my brothers and sisters in Him.
And so I surrendered myself to Him
Because I had such a great sight in front of me.
I thanked Him for all that He did
And praised Him for His glory.
I thanked Him for the day
And all the wonderful blessings I had beside me,
For what I saw was the greatest thing I had ever seen.
He was my Creator,
And I loved Him so.

He then said farewell,
And I realised He was the Being behind
The sun, the moon, the clouds,
The trees, and the animals.
He was the Majesty they spoke of,
And no one was greater than He.
I decided that day to love Him with all
Of my heart and to serve Him.
I thanked Him that day,
And I will never forget that day
When He showed Himself to me.
Of all those things that He showed me,
That day would always resound in my heart.